Adrian John Ebell (September 20, 1840 – April 10, 1877) was a doctor, photographer, and proponent of women's education in the United States.

He was born in Jaffnapatam, Ceylon (now Jaffna, Sri Lanka), the son of Henry T. and Mary (Palm) Ebell, of English and Dutch ancestry.

He then taught music in New Haven, Connecticut, and in Chicago, and then moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota, and took some noted photographs.

In 1871 he established himself in New York City as director of the International Academy of Natural Science, which comprised a plan of travel and study in Europe for annually organized classes of young ladies.

He embarked on the steamship Frisia from New York, on one of these study tours, late in March 1877 and died en route near Hamburg at age 37.